Police Blotter
103rd Precinct
Women pepper spray store clerk
in order to steal fake eyelashes
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Jamaica
Cops are looking for a duo who
didn’t bat an eye at security when they
tried to steal fake eyelashes from a
beauty supply store in Jamaica.
According to police, at around
7:10 p.m. on March 26, two unknown
women entered Feel Beauty Supply,
located at 159-17 Jamaica Ave. Once
inside, the suspects took a package of
fake eyelashes, valued at $6, and tried
to leave the store without paying.
When stopped by security, the
crooks sprayed the security guard with
an unknown substance. The suspects
then fled the scene in an unknown
direction with the eyelashes.
The 103rd Precinct tweeted photos
of the suspects on April 4.
Anyone with information about this
robbery can call the 103rd Precinct
Detective Squad at 718-657-8220. All
calls are kept confidential.
102nd Precinct
Woodhaven
Purse snatcher indicted for attack
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
A grand jury has indicted a
Brooklyn man who allegedly beat up a
woman and stole her purse in front of
her young son on a Woodhaven street
last year, prosecutors announced
Thursday.
Derrick Chirse, 58, was arraigned
on second-degree robbery, seconddegree
assault, fifth-degree
criminal possession of a weapon and
endangering the welfare of a child.
Chirse is currently being held on
$100,000 bail and is due to return to
court on June 13.
If convicted, Chirse faces life
“The defendant in this case is
alleged to have cornered a woman
and reigned punches on her head and
chest in order to steal her purse. After
beating and robbing the defenseless
woman – whose toddler son witnessed
the vicious assault – the defendant
fled the location,” said Chief Assistant
District Attorney John A. Ryan. “He
was apprehended the following day
after the release of video surveillance.
The victim suffered extensive bruising
and pain as result of the defendant’s
alleged actions. As such he now faces
the possibility of being locked away
from society for the rest of his life.”
According to charges, at 2 p.m.
on Oct. 1, 2018, Chirse approached a
35-year-old woman who was walking
with her four-year-old son on 84th
Street near Atlantic Avenue. Chirse
then allegedly told the woman to hand
over her purse, and when she refused
he allegedly responded by repeatedly
punching the mother multiple times in
her head and chest.
Chirse then allegedly reached
over the victim and took her purse
before fleeing the scene. The victim
sustained injuries to her face and other
extremities and was taken to a nearby
hospital for treatment. Her son was not
injured during the attack.
Just one day after the incident,
Chirse was arrested at a Brooklyn
homeless shelter after his picture
and video of the assault surfaced on
social media.
Reach reporter Emily Davenport by
e-mail at edavenport@qns.com or by
106th Precinct
South Ozone Park
in prison.
One killed in early morning crash
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Police are still investigating a car
crash in South Ozone Park early on
Sunday morning that left a passenger
dead and a driver injured.
According to police, at 6:37 a.m.
on April 7, officers from the 106th
Precinct responded to a 911 call
regarding a motor vehicle collision
at the intersection of South Conduit
Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard. Upon
their arrival, police found 36-year-old
Dewayne Williams and a 34-year-old
woman in the vehicle with trauma to
their bodies.
A preliminary investigation
found that the 34-year-old woman
was driving a 2007 Jeep eastbound
on South Conduit Avenue with
Williams in the passenger seat.
As she was approaching the Nassau
Expressway overpass when she lost
control and collided into a tree.
EMS rushed to the location and
declared Williams dead at the scene.
The female victim to Jamaica Hospital
in serious but stable condition.
108th Precinct
Woodside
Glass-wielding crook
robs man at hotel
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Police need the public’s help in
finding a man who used a glass
plate as his weapon of choice to rob a
victim at a lodge in Woodside.
Law enforcement sources said the
caper occurred at 3:50 a.m. on March
27 inside the Woodside Motel at 65-09
Queens Blvd.
According to authorities, the
bandit confronted a 29-year-old man
inside the location and threatened to
harm him with the glass plate while
demanding property. The suspect
took the man’s cellphone, debit
card and checkbook, then fled in an
unknown direction.
The incident was reported to
the 108th Precinct; the victim was
not injured.
On April 6, the NYPD released
a security camera image of the
suspect wanted for questioning.
Police described him as a black
man with a medium build, standing
5 feet, 10 inches tall, who was last
seen wearing a red bandana, a black
jacket and black pants.
Anyone with information
regarding his whereabouts can call
Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for
Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA), visit the
Crime Stoppers website, send a direct
message on Twitter to @NYPDTips
or text 274637 (CRIMES), then enter
TIP577.
All calls and messages are
kept confidential.
TIMESLEDGER,10 APR. 12-18, 2019 BT QNS.COM
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